One Sheet Pan Chicken Fried Rice

Wondering what to pair with this one sheet pan chicken fried rice? Try Slow Cooker Broccoli Beef, Honey Sriracha Chicken, Best Ever Baked Teriyaki Chicken, or Sticky Chinese Lemon Chicken. I’m the kind of person who can – and does – sit down and eat a whole bowl of chicken fried rice all by itself. If it’s good chicken fried rice – or any fried rice, like veggie or shrimp – I don’t need anything else to fill me up, I’m a happy camper just with that rice bowl. But it has to be really good fried rice and this dish here, this one sheet pan magic we are talking about today, is definitely entree-worthy. Now just to be clear, the name is just slightly misleading because it’s called chicken “fried” rice, but this dish is actually baked. So it’s healthier than true fried rice, but tastes the same, I think even better.

Why This Recipe Works

Sheet pan — I’ve espoused the virtues of sheet pan dinners for years and years and I’m not going to change my mind on that any time soon! One pan to cook in one to clean up, heck you can even serve out of it if you like! Simple ingredients — It doesn’t get any easier than chicken, eggs, rice, and cans of peas and carrots in this chicken fried rice recipe! Browned rice — Fried rice (even when it’s baked) needs to have that crunchiness to it or it just doesn’t taste right. Thankfully cooking this on a sheet pan takes care of crisping that rice right up! Great leftovers — If you can exercise self control and not eat all of this in one sitting and you happen to have leftovers, this heats up so great the next day. You can reheat in the microwave or give it a warm up in a skillet to re-crisp the rice.

Here’s How You Make It

Expert Tips

Used steamed rice for the best results in this chicken fried rice recipe. You’ll want to make sure the rice is nice and moist before cooking it so that it gets crunchy but not too dried out. If you want to use fresh carrots or other veggies rather than canned, give them a steam before adding to the sheet pan to soften. The exception is peas, which, if you use frozen, will thaw out and cook just fine without being pre-cooked. Other vegetables that go good with chicken fried rice include steamed broccoli or cauliflower, green beans, zucchini, yellow squash, mushrooms, and Brussels sprouts. Make sure you dice/slice bigger veggies into smaller pieces and steam first though before adding to the sheet pan.